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[–] 13 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (14 children)

anymore

That's not how that word works.

Edit: I didn't say I I've never seen it used that way, i just find that particular use of it to be wrong.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    But the previous poster didn't use it in that way.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    at the present time : NOW, NOWADAYS Hardly a day passes without rain anymore.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    I understood perfectly and I bet a lot of others did too. I bet you understood it. So, mostly or completely successful use of the word to inject the desired thoughts into others' heads. So, the word works that way, even if it sounds awkward to you.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    It's colloquial to the USA, it's an expression. My grammar is usually good except when I bastardize it to make a point like, "I aint gonna take that crap" or "grammar corrections are getting ridiculous anymore." In the USA you'd have to live under a rock to have never heard that expression.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Leave that grammar nazi shit on reddit.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)
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    I don't believe it's so much about the correction itself as it is about ignoring what the person said and only piping up to correct. Imagine we are having a conversation and you spend 3 minutes telling me about how you struggled to get the lug nuts off your tire this morning while changing it and when you finished, all I had to offer you is "they're on the rim, not the tire" and nothing more. It can come off as a bit rude.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Time and place. Quite arrogant to assume someone isn't just using local phrasing, as is the case here. People talk differently all over. The official use of English is simply official. How people actually use it in their communities is correct. Hope I'm being clear with my sentiment here.

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